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Premier League: Leicester City vs Brighton – Betting analysis

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Ace Football team offers the Premier League round 21 match preview for Leicester City and Brighton who meet up this coming Saturday. The pre-match analysis includes the latest fixture stats and facts and a free betting tip for our readers.

Leicester City welcome Brighton this coming Saturday in the Premier League, with the host motivated by the possibility of closing the gap in the table on the visitors. On the other hand, the latter could distance themselves even further with a win in this exciting round 21 match.

With 30 points after 18 games, Brighton currently rank 7th in the Premier League standings. Leicester City play catch-up as they recorded 17 points in 19 matches, putting them up as 15th before their upcoming clash.

Team form: Leicester City vs Brighton

Leicester City Form

Leicester City have been a bit bleak in their last three matches, although it opened with a 0-1 victory against Gillingham. Unable to follow that up, they went down 2-0 against Newcastle, before handing over all three points in a 2-0 defeat against Nottingham Forrest. The Foxes managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Premier League. In the remaining four, they drew one and lost three, as they scored six and conceded five goals.

Brighton Form

Brighton are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Everton got left behind in a 1-4 win, before Middlesbrough got hammered in a 1-5 victory. Liverpool was the most recent victim in a 3-0 win for Brighton. In their last six Premier League away matches, the Seagulls have three wins, they’ve drawn one and lost two. They scored 14 while also conceding 12 times. They also experienced one draw and two defeats.

Betting stats and facts for Leicester City and Brighton

Here are some interesting betting-relevant stats and facts. They take into account matches that Leicester City and Brighton played across all tournaments.

  • In 12 of the last 13 Leicester matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
  • In 11 of the last 13 Leicester home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
  • Leicester have lost the last 3 matches in a row while scoring less than 1.5 goals
  • Leicester have lost the last 3 matches in a row
  • Leicester have lost the last 3 matches in a row and the sum of goals was under 3.5
  • In the last 10 matches in a row Brighton played, both teams scored
  • In the last 10 Brighton matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
  • In 9 of the last 10 away matches Brighton played, both teams scored
  • In 9 of the last 10 Brighton matches the sum of goals was over 3.5
  • In 12 of the last 14 Brighton away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5

Players in form: Leicester City vs Brighton

Harvey Barnes has found the back of the net two times in his previous six Premier League games for Leicester City; who won’t mind him striking again this coming Saturday? Punters will also be looking for Solly March to keep up his current streak for Brighton, having scored four in his last six games.

Full-time result

Leicester City claimed three wins in the previous 10 matches at home across all tournaments, as well as drawing two and losing five. Brighton won five of their last 10 away games, as they also drew two and lost three of these matches. Leicester City lost their last 4 matches. Brighton were on the scoreboard at least once in their previous 8 matches. Leicester City have not lost to Brighton in 5 consecutive home meetings.

Both teams to score

Leicester City scored the first goal of the match in five of their previous ten games. Brighton got the opening goal in five out of their last ten away games. Both teams have scored in the last 4 consecutive away games Brighton played. Of the previous 10 outings, Brighton scored the opening goal six times, whereas Leicester City were first on target in five of their last 10 games. Brighton have scored in 4 consecutive league meetings with Leicester City.

Total goals

Leicester City witnessed over 2.5 goals in four of their previous ten matches across all tournaments in which they averaged one goal a game. Over 2.5 goals were scored in ten of the ten most recent games across all tournaments for Brighton. They performed an average of 2.9 goals in these. Brighton scored at least once in their previous 8 matches on the bounce.

To sum up, the upcoming match between Leicester City and Brighton seems to be a good betting opportunity. Considering the above statements, we have come up with a betting prediction for this Premier League game.

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